| “If you will not listen, and if you will not take it to heart, to give glory to my name,” says Yahweh of Armies, “then I will send the curse on you, and I will curse your blessings. Indeed, I have cursed them already, because you do not take it to heart.” | If you will not listen, if you will not lay it to heart to give glory to my name, says the Lord of hosts, then I will send the curse on you and I will curse your blessings; indeed I have already cursed them, because you do not lay it to heart. |
| Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant, then you shall be my own possession from among all peoples; for all the earth is mine. | Now therefore, if you obey my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be my treasured possession out of all the peoples. Indeed, the whole earth is mine. |
| Now accept one who is weak in faith, but not for disputes over opinions. | Welcome those who are weak in faith, but not for the purpose of quarreling over opinions. |
| But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves. | But be doers of the word, and not merely hearers who deceive themselves. |
| You are the light of the world. A city located on a hill can’t be hidden. | You are the light of the world. A city built on a hill cannot be hid. |
| Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God. | Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds, so that you may discern what is the will of God—what is good and acceptable and perfect. |
| For God is not unrighteous, so as to forget your work and the labor of love which you showed toward his name, in that you served the saints, and still do serve them. | For God is not unjust; he will not overlook your work and the love that you showed for his sake in serving the saints, as you still do. |
| Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect. | Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect. |
| Now who will harm you if you become imitators of that which is good? | Now who will harm you if you are eager to do what is good? |
| You adulterers and adulteresses, don’t you know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. | Adulterers! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God. |
| Jesus answered them, “Most certainly I tell you, if you have faith and don’t doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you told this mountain, ‘Be taken up and cast into the sea,’ it would be done.” | Jesus answered them, “Truly I tell you, if you have faith and do not doubt, not only will you do what has been done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ it will be done.” |
| Therefore whatever you have said in the darkness will be heard in the light. What you have spoken in the ear in the inner rooms will be proclaimed on the housetops. | Therefore whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have whispered behind closed doors will be proclaimed from the housetops. |
| For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, that you may not do the things that you desire. | For what the flesh desires is opposed to the Spirit, and what the Spirit desires is opposed to the flesh; for these are opposed to each other, to prevent you from doing what you want. |
| As newborn babies, long for the pure spiritual milk, that with it you may grow. | Like newborn infants, long for the pure, spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow into salvation. |
| Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest. | Come to me, all you that are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. |
| Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the Lord’s work, because you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord. | Therefore, my beloved, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the work of the Lord, because you know that in the Lord your labor is not in vain. |
| Therefore accept one another, even as Christ also accepted you, to the glory of God. | Welcome one another, therefore, just as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God. |
| But the end of all things is near. Therefore be of sound mind, self-controlled, and sober in prayer. | The end of all things is near; therefore be serious and discipline yourselves for the sake of your prayers. |
| Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, redeeming the time. Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one. | Conduct yourselves wisely toward outsiders, making the most of the time. Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer everyone. |
| For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. | For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. |
| Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all you who hope in Yahweh. | Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all you who wait for the Lord. |
| But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you won’t fulfill the lust of the flesh. | Live by the Spirit, I say, and do not gratify the desires of the flesh. |
| There is one body and one Spirit, even as you also were called in one hope of your calling. | There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to the one hope of your calling. |
| He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the Good News to the whole creation.” | And he said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the good news to the whole creation.” |
| For sin will not have dominion over you, for you are not under law, but under grace. | For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace. |
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